Mark your calendars! The Neogen World Angus Forum is coming to Brisbane, Australia, on the 7th – 8th May 2025!
The Neogen World Angus Forum is an exclusive global event that brings together Angus cattle breeders, enthusiasts, and industry professionals from around the world to share knowledge, showcase their cattle, and network with one another.
The forum is typically held every four years in a different host country and includes a variety of activities such as educational seminars, farm tours, and social events.
With a theme of ‘Beef for a Better Planet’, the 2025 forum will provide delegates with insight into the latest technology, genetics and innovation available within the beef industry and explore the concepts and challenges of the Australian Beef industry’s quest for carbon neutral 2030.
What’s clear since the previous event, held in Sydney in 1997, is the dramatic technology-driven advances the industry has made in areas like DNA-based genomic selection, artificial breeding tools like IVF and sexed semen, DNA-based feeder cattle selection tools, measurement of cattle for feed efficiency and methane output, scanning and objective measurement and other fields.
Arguably the best international opportunity for delegates to network and interact with each other, the forum also provides a vast selection of trade display exhibitors to peruse.
Angus Australia has put together a number of tour options to view cattle and enjoy other beef industry-related visits around eastern Australia. These events are all happening on either side of the main forum and include the Zoetis AngusTREK pre-tour, Zoetis AngusEXPO and the Post Tour, among others.
One newly released seven day tour is AngusTREK 2.0, which includes two days at Zoetis AngusEXPO in Tamworth and two days at the Neogen World Angus Forum. The middle three days are an escorted tour from Tamworth back to Brisbane. This tour is a great option for last minute travellers and is a fantastic opportunity for New Zealand farmers to take part in the events across the ditch.
AngusTREK 2.0 Highlights
- Spend two days at the Zoetis AngusEXPO in Tamworth, expected to be the largest multi-breeder display of registered Angus cattle in the world. This event will also host a number World Angus Youth Competition judging elements.
- Visit leading Angus studs and commercial operations, including Bald Blair Angus, one of Australia’s oldest Angus studs.
- Inspect Rangers Valley feedlot, one of the world’s most respected premium marbled beef producers.
- Enjoy lunch and a wine tasting at Ballandean Estate Wines in the Granite Belt region.
- See how leather is selected and saddles are made, and shop for premium leather goods at Kent Saddlery near Stanthorpe.
- Attend the Neogen World Angus Forum in Brisbane – “Beef for a Better Planet”.
Zoetis AngusEXPO
The Zoetis AngusEXPO will take place at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre in Tamworth NZW, Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May.
There are plenty of opportunities to grab a beer and rub shoulders with like-minded industry folk from across the globe at the Breeder Genetics Bull Bar. The Teys Australia AngusSHOOT-OUT will highlight the finest Angus cattle from across Australia in this prestigious Angus only 120-day grain-fed competition, evaluating both feedlot and carcass performance.
The main programme across Saturday and Sunday includes trade displays, BBQ competitions, AngusCAMPDRAFT, an elite female sale, a frozen genetics online sale, cattle exhibitions that are expected to rival any other exhibition ever held in Australasia and much more.
Zoetis AngusEXPO can be attended as a standalone event, with tickets available for just AUD$28 (includes both days).
More Info
To find out more about the Neogen World Angus Forum and the other events happening at this time, jump on the website and get your tickets booked early to avoid disappointment.